Roberto Battelli (MP, Slovenia), the OSCE Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE observer mission, and Marietta Tidei (MP, Italy), the Head of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Delegation of observers, look on as a citizen votes on 12 October in Bosnia and Herzegovina. SARAJEVO, 13 October 2014 – While the 12 October general elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina were held in a competitive environment, the interethnic divide was a
OSCE PA President Ilkka Kanerva (left) and Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic during their meeting in Helsinki, 9 October. COPENHAGEN, 9 October 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) underscored the vital contribution of the PA to the OSCE's reform efforts on the 40th anniversary of its founding document at a seminar today in Helsinki. Kanerva also met with Serbian Foreign Minister and 2015 OSCE
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier at the OSCE PA Standing Committee on 4 October. COPENHAGEN, 6 October 2014 – Addressing the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Standing Committee, consisting of heads of national delegations and elected members of the Bureau, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on October 4 presented a detailed description of the proposed OSCE Budget for 2015. Following the presentation, the Secretary General fielded
Victor Dolidze, Head of Georgia's Delegation to the OSCE PA, at the Autumn Meeting in Geneva, 3 October 2014 COPENHAGEN, 6 October 2014 – At the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Standing Committee meeting in Geneva on 4 October, the Heads of National Delegations unanimously approved an invitation from Speaker of the Georgian Parliament David Usupashvili, delivered by Georgian Head of Delegation Victor Dolidze, for Georgia to host the Assembly's
05 October 2014
Some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations gathered in Geneva for the OSCE PA's 2014 Autumn Meeting. (courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 5 October 2014 – Human rights and humanitarian issues were the focus of presentations and parliamentary debate on the final day of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2014 Autumn Meeting in Geneva. In opening the session, Mehmet Sevki Kulkuloglu (MP, Turkey), Vice-Chair of the OSCE
04 October 2014
Roza Aknazarova (MP, Kyrgyzstan), Chair of the OSCE PA's Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, speaks on 4 October. (courtesy of the Swiss Parliament/Fabio Chironi) GENEVA, 4 October 2014 – Climate change and the connections between environment and technology took center stage on day two of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Autumn Meeting, which has brought together some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50
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